The book, The DNA of Relationships, by Dr. Gary Smalley was a great and interesting book to read. In addition to improving my marital relationship, I learned what actions put all of my relationships at risk and took responsibility for taking safe, heartfelt actions to deal with dangers. Overall, The DNA of Relationships was a powerful book to read to learn how to face the dangers of all relationships and take the necessary steps to ensure that relationships are strong and healthy in God's eyes. In The DNA of Relationships, there were two of the things that made me realize what I hadn't thought I would do. First, I was aware that I should not give others the power to control my feelings. The statement impacted me on how I can focus on the person and take the right steps of personal responsibility to deny attention to what they did. The statement “don’t give anyone the power to control my feelings” made me realize that I should take care of who the person is, rather than what they did, this would strengthen our relationships. From this, I see that the concept fits into my understanding of my faith and the Gospel in daily life. When I am open to people who have problems, I will help the person, but not the problem. Second, I was aware that I couldn't force the other person to change. The statement hit home to me that I can't change people or even their personalities because they aren't me Eckerley 2 and I can't be them. The statement also challenged me that I should not change the people around me for personality, but for faith. From there, to match my understanding of my faith, I cannot change people and their personality, but I can change their faith by sharing...... middle of paper ......ortant to me because I wonder what spirit the author must show the steps to take to hurt relationships, which would be a kind of dance in fear. Second, I would ask Dr. Smalley how did he develop a policy that would ensure that there were no losers in teamwork? The second question is important to me because I never entertained the idea of ​​having a policy that would hold relationships together when it requires teamwork. As noted above, The DNA of Relationships was a powerful book to read for the class. I believe that the actions put all my relationships at risk and that I take responsibility to take safe and heartfelt steps to face the dangers with God's help. Thanks to the book, I now have a complete idea of ​​what to do to maintain strong and secure relationships, because not all people are the same around me and I need to take the right steps to protect all my relationships from any harm..